Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. 111 of 1986 - SECT 17

17. Section 93 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (3) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(a) particulars of the operations of each agency and Minister under this Act
during the year to which the report relates, including, in relation to each
agency and Minister-

        (i)    the number of requests under section 19 for access to documents
               received during the year;

        (ii)   the number of requests received at any time in respect of which
               during the year-

                (A)  access other than partial access was granted to the
                     document or all of the documents to which the request
                     related;

                (B)  access was refused to the document or all of the
                     documents to which the request related; or

                (C)  partial access was granted;

        (iii)  the number of applications made during the year for the review
               of decisions under section 54 and particulars of the results of
               such reviews;

        (iv)   the number of applications made during the year to the Tribunal
               for the review of decisions and particulars of the results of
               such reviews;

        (v)    particulars of the total charges and application fees collected
               during the year in dealing with requests and other applications
               whenever received; and

        (vi)   the number of requests received during the year to amend
               records under section 48 and particulars of the results of such
               requests;"; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:

"(3A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) (a) (ii), partial access shall be
taken to have been granted in respect of a request if either or both of the
following conditions are satisfied in relation to the request:

   (a)  access was granted to a copy of the document or of any of the
        documents to which the request related with deletions;

   (b)  the request related to 2 or more documents and access was refused to
        any one or more of the documents.".